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mon Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and also the Church Catechism, as being not in accordance with the Bible. " I shall be glad to be informed by you that I have misun derstood your meaning (if the tract be yours), in both or either of these particulars. " In conclusion, I wish to apprise you that your answer may be adduced against you, if it admit what I understand you to say in the tract which I inclose. You will, therefore, use your discretion in answering or not; for I do not profess to have a right to demand an answer. " I am, Rev. Sir, your obedient servant, " Rev. Henry Head." " H. EXETER. To this I received an answer— " Feuiton, Honiton, Sept. 29, 1838. " NIT LORD—I heartily thank you for your letter. Having protested publicly against the late episcopal circular, nothing seemed to me less proper than any private communication to your Lordship. I gladly avail myself, however, of your bene volent letter to address you now, premising that I am about to say nothing which I am not willing to make public. " If it be asked me, Am I heartily well affected to the Church ? I answer, Yes.' But I proceed to your Lordship's question,' Did I or do I impugn the office of Baptism, and also the Church Catechism, as being not in accordance with the Bible ?' Though these offices are not free from human im perfection, or of equal authority with Scripture, yet, to the question thus put to me, I answer No.' " I will not now attempt to express my great respect for your Lordship, a sentiment which, indeed, my Lord, is in no wise inconsistent with that letter, for I do assure your Lord ship that nothing personal or malignant was intended by me. " That I believed myself actuated by that Protestant prin ciple which declares that Holy Scripture, which containeth all things necessary to salvation,' should be exalted incompar ably above all things else; that I had no hand whatever in putting it in the newspapers; and that I am anxious to afford your Lordship every satisfaction in my power. " I have the honour to remain, my Lord, " Your Lordship's obedient humble servant, " HENRY E. HEAD. " The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Exeter." Having received this letter, which placed difficulties in the way of my taking legal proceedings, had I deemed them ne cessary, I wrote Mr. Head another letter as follows : " Exeter, 4th Oct., 1838. " REV. SlR—ln consequence of my occupation in other parts of my diocese, I did not read your letter of the 29th ult. until my return to this place yesterday. " In that letter, while you appear to avow the publication which has been printed with your name, you decline transmit ting to me a copy of it authenticated by your own hand. " You deny that you impugn the office of Baptism and the Catechism as not being in accordance with the Bible—saying j of them only what the most faithful minister of the Church would readily admit, that they are not free from human im perfection, or of equal authority with Scripture.' " This declaration of yours, and your further assurance that you are anxious to afford me every satisfaction in your power,' make me deem it right to give you now an opportunity of con tradicting, in answer to this my letter, a report which has reached me from more than one quarter, especially from the Archdeacon, that you are in the habit of omitting, or do some times omit, to use at baptism the office for administering that sacrament as it is prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer. I am, Reverend Sir, your obedient servant, " To the Rev. Henry E. Head." " H. EXETER. To this the answer was— " Feniton, Honiton, sth Oct., 1338. " Mt' LORD—I have the honour of acknowledging the re ceipt of your Lordship's letter of yesterday. " My omitting to return the printed letter was really be cause I thought you left it at my option to do so or not; and because I thought it more respectful to your Lordship to omit to return with my signature a letter, the hasty language of which I regret. " With regard to the informality which appears to have been reported to the Venerable the Archdeacon (for whom I entertain a very sincere respect), and which your Lordship gives me an opportunity of contradicting—l do contradict the report alluded to, in the extent which I conceive your Lord ship's words to imply. As to my past conduct in this respect, I had intended on the receipt of your last letter to wait at the palace in order to give all necessary explanation ; but conceiv ing that my presence might not possibly be pleasing to your Lordship under all circumstances, I content myself with pro fessing, what your Lordship doubtless is aware of, that I should be both ready awl glad to obey your commands, should you be pleased to appoint any interview of this nature. " In the mean time suffer me to repeat that no one is more truly attached to the Church than I am. I entered it without prospect ef perferment, and even to the prejudice of my se cular interests, and I continue in it from motives perfectly distinct from love of emolument. I will filially conform to its offices; I cheerfully submit to Episcopal government ; deci dedly prefer infant baptism; clearly concur in conformation And all preliminary preparations thereto ; love the prayers ef the Liturgy ; cordially assent to the Articles ; and have seen the Divine blessing on my ministerial labours and studies, to which I have given attendance early and late. " This statement, my Lord, to which my life and doctrine will not be found to be altogether repugnant, I humbly hope will satisfy a Protestant Bishop and Clergy, and all that are truly zealous for the peace of the Church Establishment, and the interests of the Gospel. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, " HENRY E. HEAD. " The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Exeter." I wrote subsequently, on the 6th October, a third letter. " Coombe, Oct. 6, 1838. " REV. SIR-Your letter of the sth has reached me. A private interview with you I decline. You have publicly assailed your Bishop to the general scandal of the Clergy; and I must before them express my sentiments on your published tract. I trust, therefore, that you will attend at the church at Honiton on Tuesday next, when I will speak to you after the ,service of the day. " I am, Rev. Sir, your obedient servant, R e y. Henry E. Head. " H. EXETER. I shall not then treat of your practice in respect to the office of baptism, but shall confine myself to what you have published on coarmation." Such was the correspondence between us. As to the Circular about confirmation, you mutt all know, and Mr. Head must have well known, that it has not been now set forth for the first time ; it was not first set forth by me, nor do I know which of my predecessors first issued it. I found it in use when I came to the diocese, and not seeing anything im proper in it, I authorised its continuing to be circulated in the usual way. I have? said this, not that I mean to shrink from any responsibility attaching to it, for whoever might first have framed it, I undoubtedly adopted it. My reason for making this statement is, that you may see the extraordinary course adopted by the author of the paper which I have in my hand, i l l now, for the first time, making such r emarks on a document O wch he had received repeatedly before, without thinking it e cossary to make any observations or to offer any remon strances. I will not offend your ears by repeating the language contained in it. I will only say, that it is couched in langun'e which that individual alone, of all my Clergy, could have penned. I will not enter into a controversy here upon the subjects ad verted to in that letter, but there is one part of it on which must say a few words—l mean that in which the writer speaks of my " ordering" or " commanding." He asks, "on what au thority do you order me to enjoin my people to read over with sue attention the office of Baptism in the Common Prayer Book,' and to require at their hands ' such an account of their knowledge of the Christian religion' as is contained in the Church Catcchis n?" He repeatedly complains in straw , terms of my thus commanding ; he does so whenever he speaks of it, except in one instance, from which it is clear that the writer, when he called it a " command," knew it was not a command. It appears clear that he knew, at. the time he did it, that he was writing that which was not true, for he says, towards the conclusion, " you command, or request ;" and therefi,re he must hare been aware that I had not commanded anything. I readily admit that a Bishop has no right to ",-com mand" his clergy to read particular exhortations to their people not enjoined by public authority. I know of no such right ap pertaining to the episcopal office in the Church of England ; and, while I will fearlessly assert all the rights which belong to my office, for preserving the doctrines and discipline of the Church, I appeal to all who hear me, whether, in my inter course with any of you, I have ever asserted a right which does not belong to me. I have not a right to " order" or " corn /nand" the Clergy to read a certain form upon these occasions ; but have I not a right to request, to entreat, to recommend, that such an exhortation be read ? Though I have a right to require and command that such an examination of the children be made previous to their being brought here for confirmation. lam not going int o th e whole of the letter ; but there are some few points which I must impress on the conscience of the individual whose name is attached to it, if be was the author. I say, if he was the writer, because lam not now taking up this subject legally, or sitting here to deal with it judicially. But I require Mr. Head by Us ordination vow, and all the Clergy present, to attend to the admonition I am now about to make. If he, whose name is attached to the letter in question, dares to ask on what authority I require this preparation of the candidates for confirmation, I answer on the authority of the Rubrics in the Book of Common Prayer —on the authority of the Rubricslof that book which this in dividual has most solemnly promised to adhere to and obey --of that book which he has solemnly declared contains no thing contrary to - the word of ` God. [His Lordship read the Declaration of Conformity, , do declare that I will conform to the Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland, as it is by law established . ") A nd more than this, upon the authority toli°lr.ty of the canons of the Church, a n d of the solemn oat h which that individual has taken to pay all due and canonical obedience to o m at e h , o a f s o h b is od ß ie i n sh ce op t ; o h fo is r him,' although I did not institute The Right Rev. Prelate read Bishop is equally binding. do swear that I the oath of canonical obedience, ." s will pay true and canonical obedience to tlhaewfLuol of Exeter, and his successors, in all things so help me God.") I need not remind youcolfes;goyurvvoiriodirniaoteiodns vows--thank God there is but one of my to be reminded of this sacred obligation. [His -Lordship read this portion of the Ordination service The Bishop—Will you reverently obey you r ordinary, and other chief ministers, unto whom is committed the charge and government over you following with a glad mind and will their godly admonitions, and submitting yourselves to t h e i r godly , judgments? " Answer--iwill do so, the Lord being my helper. "1 is it, or is it not, consistent with the spirit of this Tows to write or print; a . ti•iwt such as that to which I have alluded ? will not dwell logger on this point. But the writer- s hys, the circular requi res th e Clergy to ex amine the chilccrin in their knowledge of the Christian zellgiAir as ..:isj,tiltained in the Chur c h C atec hi sm . I t d o es not vegliiiiior-sp6mmand this, though it well might do so : pop; Elsa authority of the Rubrics, which order that THE SUN, LONDON, WEDN E SDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1838. MONEY AND CITY NEWS. (reuas THE SIOItISING I'APL.Ita OF TUIS TIME S.—The purchases of stock aguinst annuities granted by the Government continue from day to day at the Stock- Exchange, and are likely, it is understood, to last some time longer. But, if the current rumours are to be believed, a new purchaser of these annuities has appeared in the market, being no less a party than the Bank of England, and, under the supposition that this rumour is not without foundation, much conjecture has been hazarded respecting the motives which can have induced this Corporation to traffic in such commodities. It is clearly no legitimate banking operation. It is also said that the Bank arc buyers of stock as well as annuities at this time, and the reason for that is less difficult to comprehend, as they have to re-invest the capital expended for their dead-weight annuity, so as to be brought, when it is ended, into the situation with which they began that l i operation. But it should be borne in mind that buying stock is not a sound banking operation, any more than annuities, and that the retention of this dead-weight an nuity by the Bank, is altogether contrary to the understand ing with which it was granted. Had they sold it under any of the redundant money markets which have presented them. selves in the interval, it would have offered the best corrective of over-issues, and kept the circulation in a sound state. The Directors say that they could not then have made so large a dividend—the invariable and sufficing answer to all objections to their administration. By the advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4361 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/, 17s. 100. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.101, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.81, it follows that gold is 0.86 per cent. dearer at Hamburgh than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 84 per mille. which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. the ounce for standard gold gives an exchange of 25.36 k, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.45, it follows that gold is 0.34 per cent lower at Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1091 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and Ame rica being 109 23-4Oths per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.18 per cent. in favour of England. The settlement of the Account did not cause any alteration in the funds. Consols closed at 94 to i for Money, and for Account at 94h- to 7 1._ Bank Stock was 204 to 4 ; India Stock, 262 to 263 ; Exchequer Bills, 68s. to 70s. premium. Business was rather more active in the foreign house, but prices remain with little variation. Spanish Active, with the May coupons, were 18 to ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 324 to 3 ; the 3Fr Cents., 204 to 11; Brazilian were 79 to ; Mexican, 22i to 34; Colombian, 234 to 41. Dutch 2i per Cents., 53i to Y ; the 5 per Cents., 100/ to 1. There was little doing in shares. Great Western remain 13 to 14 ; London and Birmingham, 82 to 84 ; North Mid land, 2to 3; Manchester and Birmingham, ato ; South ampton New, 21 to 2 premium ; Southampton Old, 4 to 3 ; Brighton, 2 4 1 to 2 ; Blackwall, 11 to 1 ; Greenwich, 34 to 2/ discount ; London Joint Stock Bank Shares, 21 to 3 premium. CHRONICLE.—The exportation of the precious metals from the Port of London for the week ending Saturday last, the 13th instant, consitted, according to the official returns, of 1,213 ounces of gold bars which were sent to Hamburg, and 16,800 ounces of silver coin, of which 16,000 were sent to Rotterdam, and 800 ounces to Cadiz. HERALD.—Money in the commercial market has been rather easier since the payment of the dividends, as we pre dicted, and on good paper may be obtained at 3 per cent., whilst on the Stock Exchange it only commands 2 per cent. from day to day. This has been settling day in the British Market, and the arrangement has passed over without any difficulty. It turns out to be a Bear Account, though far from being heavy. POST.—An arrival at Liverpool (the William Turner), has brought accounts from Bombay to the 13th of June. The commercial advices represent that a decline in the Cotton Market had given greater spirit to the shippers of that staple, particularly to Europe. Freights had in consequence ad vance:lto 6/. to 61. 10s. per ton. ; the Exchange was Is. Hid. The Atalanta steamer had arrived at Bombay on the 4th of June, with the English mail of the 14th of April, and some few letters to the 26th of that month, via Marseilles. Ar rangements had been made to despatch a steamer on the Ist of July, via the Persian Gulph, and another on the 18th of July, via the Red Sea. Persia is represented to be in a com paratively quiet state. Money has been very plentiful in the Stock Exchange to day at the rate of about 2 per cent. per annum, and the set tlement of the Consol Account has been easily arranged. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND 0 CTOBER MEETING, YIISTERDIY. Fifty Pounds, for two yrs old ; colts, Bst. 71b ; and fillies, Rst. Mb, T. Y. C. Lord Tavistock's ch. c. by Augustus General Yates's Canute The following also started :—Duke of Grafton's b. e. Montreal ; Lord Exeter's f, by Reveller, out of Amino.; Lord Exeter's b.f. by Sultan, d. by Abjer ; Mr. W. Ridsdale's b. c. Mandingo ; Mr. Batson's b. c. Barbican ; Lord Lichfield's b. c. by Priam, out of Seamow ; Mr. Greatrex's b. c. by Camel, out of Citron ; and Mr. Edward's Brother to Masquerade, by:Mameluke. Betting.—Even on the winner, 6 to 1 agst Canute (t), and 6 to 1 agst Montreal. Won by a neck. ----- - - • - The Clearwell Stakes, of 30 soy. each, 20 ft., for two-yrs old: colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 51b. T.Y.C. The winner o the July Stakes 7lbs. extra. (37 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Reel „W. Day Mr. Thornhill's b. f. by Merchant 2 The following also started :—Lord Exeter's c. by Reveller, out of Advance; Lord Exeter's c. by Mulatto, out of Marchesa ; Lord Suffield's f. Marie, Waverley, out of Benevolence; Colonel Peel's hi. f. Whim, by Camel, out of Versatility ' • General Yates's br. f. Siroc; Mr. Newton's b. f. Retrospect; Mr. Fyson's b. c., by Priam, out of Worthless ' • Duke of Rutland's f. Revoke, by Camel, out of The Odd Trick ; Lord Lichfield's Sister to Hector ; Duke of Grafton's ro. c. Courier, by St. Patrick, out of Oxygen ; Mr. Houldsworth's br. c. by Filho-da-Puta, out of Corset ; Mr. Gardnor's b. c. by Rowton, out of Bustle; Duke of Richmond's Bulwark ; and Duke of Richmond's Vale of Belvoir. Betting :- 7 to 2 agst Vale of Belvoir, 13 to 2 agst Siroc, 13 to 2 agst the Shoveler f., 7to 1 agst Marie, 8 to 1 agst Revoke, 11 to 1 agst Whim, 20 to 1 agst Retrospect, and G to 4 agst Duke of Richmond's three. Won by half a length. MONDAY NIGHT. The following are the only additional particulars required of a very poor day's sport : Handicap.—The start w as exce ll en t, a ll ge tti ng off so well thac it was impossible to di s c ern w hi c h was ma ki ng p l a y ; on nearing the cords Dash, Maid of th e Mill, an d V o l ta i re co lt dropped off, and Meedizabel, runnin g p as t Anne Boleyn, wo n cleverly by half a length. Sister to P ro f essor was third, St. Vitus and Benedict fifth and sixth. Gardfn Stakes. —Velure made the running, followed by 31 . 0-rella rella till nea r th e ropes, where she gave up; 31orella went on with the lead, d e f ea t e d E ger i a i n a short strugg l e up t h e cor ds, and won easily by a length. Guava was beaten ida long way. In the course of the evening there was some brisk betting at the following prices:— CLTARIVELL STAKES. 7 to 2 offered on the field. 4 to 3 agst Duke of Richmond's three—taken 6 to 1 agst General Yates's Siroc—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Newton's Retrospect 8 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Shoveler filly. 6 to 1 was taken to a large amount about each of the following three in one bet:—Duke of Richmond's Bulwark, Reel, and Vale of Belvoir. DERBY. 13 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Bay Middleton 20 to I agst Anything, bar the favourite 20 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Westonian—taken freely 20 to 1 agst Lord Lichfield's Gulnare colt 20 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Bulwark 20 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau 25 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Derrinane 33 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Cain c.dt—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Vernon—taken 1000 to 10 agst Duke of Richmond's Vale of Belvoir—taken. The weather is cold and gloomy, and the attendance moderate. It is uncertain what day the Loutherbourg case will come on, in consequence o f th e a b 3ence o f Lord Exeter, who is detained at Burleigh by the Marchioness's expected accouchement. A Match is made for Friday between Lord Suffield's Arsenic, 5 yrs, Bst. 71b. and Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egville, 7st. 91b. T. V.C. 200 h. ft. ROYAL CALEDONIAN HUNT AND WESTERN MEETING.—FntnIr. Fifty SOTS. given by the Caledonian Hunt, added to a Stake of 10 sovs. each. Two miles. (& Subs.) Lord Eglinton's br. e. St. Martin, 3 yrs, 7st. 101 b W. Oates 1 Mr. Ramsay's bl. h. Inheritor, aged, 9st. Mb. Sir J. Boswell's ch. m. Sunbeam, Bst. (J. Holmes), seat Lord Eglinton's b. g. Eolus, 7st. 71b., by a neck. Three miles. 100, ls. ft. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Four miles. Mr. Ramsay's lir. c. Lanercost, 3 yrs, 7st. 91b. Cartwright . I Lord Eglinton's br. c. St. Martin, 3 yrs., 7 st. 91 b........... } 2 Lord Eglinton's ch. f. Impertinence , 3 yrs , 7 st. 91 b .. .3 Mr. Aleiklam's b. f. Modesty, 4 yrs, 9st. ..................... :.. 4 Won by a length. Free Handicap Stakes of 5 sous. each, p.p. Mile and a half. Captain Richardson's br. g. O•wald, 6 yrs, 7st 111b....walked over. Plate of 50 sore., given by the Western Meeting , for all ages. Two mile heats. The winner to be sold for 150 sous., if demanded, Sc. Mr. J. 0. Fairlie's gr. c. Pyramid, 4yrs, 7st. 101 b. 4 1 1 Sir J. Boswell's ch. f. Sunbeam. 5 yrs, Est. 21b 3 3 1 2 Mr. Merry's br. m. Florentia, 5 yrs, Bst. 21b 1 2 3 3 Mr. Carfrae's b. c. Scrambler, 4 yrs, 7st. 101 b. LIVERPOOL OCTOBER MEETING, MoNDAr. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft., with 50 added. One mile and a half and a distance. Gentlemen riders. The winner to be sold for 150, &c. (1 2 Subs. ) Mr. Buckley'sb. h. Job Trotter, 5 yrs, l Ist. 41b. (Mr. Sirdefield) 1 Mr. M'Donogh's b. h. Bolivar, aged (h. b. ), llst. 61b. Mr. W. Clarke's b. c. Anvil, 4 yrs, 9st. 101 b Mr. Hornby's b. m. Rebecca, 4 yrs, lOst. 61b 4 Mr. Knaresbro's b. h. Emu, 6 yrs, 12st Mr. King's b. h. Vernal, 4 yrs, lOst. 121 b 6 Mr. G. Wood's bl. in. Bess, by Belzoni, 5 yrs, list. 41b 7 The Liverpool Hurdle Race Sweepstakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft., with 50 added. Two miles. Gentlemen riders. (6 Subs. ) Mr. J. Stevenson's True Blue, aged, list. 121 b....( Mr. Barker) 1 Sir E. Mostyn's ch. g. Warwick, by Roller, aged llst. 21b.... 2 Mr. Knaresbro's gr. g. The Tyrant, 6 yrs, 11st:'1131b... 2 Mr. Hornby's ch. h. Achilles, by Actaeon, 3 yrs, 9st. 61b.....b01ted Hurdle Race Sweepstakes of 7 sous, each, 5 ft., with 20 added, for horses of all denominations, 12st. each. Heats, once round and a distance. The winner to be sold for SOL, &c. Mr. Hodgson's b. m. The Lady (Mr. Barker) 1 1 Mr. Forrest's b m. Maid of the Falls . 2 3 Mr. J. Langshaw's Frodsham (late Polyanthus. 3 3 Mr. Devine's b. g. Waverley The winner was claimed. The Crown Prince of Bavaria left Berlin on the 10th inst., on his return to Nnuieli. PRECURSOR SOCIETY. LETIER FRO Ai ;+I R. o' G• NNE The followi,,g letter appeared last Monday in the columns of the Dublin Pilot : Darrynane Abbey, October 12, 1838. My Dear Ray—lt is with considerable reluctance I state to you that within three weeks I must leave all the delights of tbis, my mountain home, and involve myself again in active political exertion. In the mean time you must prepare and have every thin , ' ready to commence operations on my arrival in Dubli n . IV'e must 'combine discretion with firmness in laying the basis of our new Association, the " Precursor So ciety." It is necessary for the success of our present etr,,rts to combine every shade of political opinion amongst us. Our object 3t present is to obtain justice for Ireland through the Imperial or United Parliament. We must make this experiment in such a manner as to sa tisfy every rational Irishman that there is no possibility of Ire land being righted by any other Parliament than her I have had many communications from various and some highly influential persons of the Liberal party, who say that they are ready to be " Precursors," and to co-operate in work ing out my experiment to obtain justice from the United Par liament, to the full extent to which I seek it, but that they are unwilling to pledge themselves at present to become parties to the repeal agitation— and they add, that it looks like a political trap, to ask them to pledge themselves to an alternative, that of repeal, to which they think we shall never arrive, because they expect that a simultaneous movement of all Ireland, re peaters and non-repeaters combined, would secure justice to Ireland exactly as Emancipation was carried. This raises the question whether the " Precursor Society" should include those who are non-repealers, and who are not at present ready to pledge themselves to become repeaters hereafter. I have deeply considered this point, and have no hesitation in saying, that in my opinion we should include, if possible, all classes and creeds of Irishmen—non-repealers, contingent repealers, and out. and-out repeaters—Catholics, Protestants, Presbyterians, and Dissenters. This is the only way to make our experiment complete. If our experiment succeeds, the non-repealers will have a triumph—if our experiment fails, the contingent repealers will join the thorough repealers, and we will then dissolve the " Precursors," and look to the formation and mode of organising a NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ALL IRELAND. Let us, therefore, not only act candidly to one another, but make our arrangements so as to preclude all doubt or difficulty. From the general principles we cannot swerve. Let us only take care to combine all those who agree upon these principles. What I propose is this--that there should be instantly formed a Committee of persons enrolled as " Precursors" m Dub!in, to be called "A Committee for framing the Constitution of the Precursor Society of Ireland." Go to each parish in Dublin that his held a Precursor meeting, and get each to select—first, five Precursors to be the committee of that parish—secondly, add to that committee every person who has procured in that parish, and paid for, the enrolment of twenty Precursors—himself and nineteen more. Let every person who hereafter procures twenty Precursors in that manner be also a member of that committee. Get together these committees in one committee, at the Corn Exchange, and submit to that general committee re spectfully the adoption of the following " constitution" of the Precursor Society : The Precursor Society is now established for the follow ina purposes : 'First—To maintain entire, cordial, devoted, and immovable loyalty, devotion, and allegiance to her most Gracious Ma jesty, our beloved Queen Victoria, and her heirs and suc cessors for ever. Second--To obtain for Ireland all the Parliamentary fran chises and rights of voting of the British people, by commu nicating to each of the three divisions of the United Kingdom all that is valuable and useful in such divisions. Third—To obtain for Ireland her due proportion of mem. bers in the United Parliament. Fourth—To obtain an entire Reform of our Corporations, identical in every respect with the English Corporation Re form Bill. Fifth—To obtain for Ireland the total extinction of tithes, whether called rent-charge or by any other name, and thus at. tain an equalization of religious liberty by the abolition of al compulsory payments to a Church to which the people of Ire land do not belong. -- Sixth—To combine in the pursuit of these objects universal Ireland—lrishmen of every class and creed—Repealers, non- Repeaters, contingent Repealers—Catholics, Protestants, P r esbyterians, and Dissenters. Seventh—Should the British Parliament refuse to grant to the people of Ireland an equalisation of civil and religious rights, then the Precursor Society will stand dissolved, and all sincere friends of Ireland will join in the organisation of a Na tional Association, in order to restore to Ireland, by all con s:itutional and legal means, her legislative rights and her do mestic Parliament. Eighth—Every person who is already enrolled, or shall hereafter be enrolled by payment of one shilling to Mr. Ray, the Secretary, shall be a member of this Precursor Society. _ _ _ Resolved—That this constitution of the Precursor So ciety be now adopted, and that, accordingly, Irishmen of all shades of political opinion, and of all persuasions and creeds, be invited to join in the great experiment to ascertain whether justice to Ireland can be obtained from the British Legislature. If the General Committee of the " Precursor Society," will, at my suggestions and earnest advice, adopt the above constitution, all excuse for holding back or neglecting to join in this great experiment will be taken away from everybody who has or affects to have any attachment to the rights and liberties of his native land. Our present object is to compel, by moral force and peaceable combination, the British Par liament to do us justice, so as to render the Repeal of the Union unnecessary. It is, therefore, no excuse for not joining in the Precursor Society to allege that the individual is not a Repealer, or has not made up his mind as yet on the subject. These persons ought to be the first to join us in our great experiment. to prevent the necessity of repeal agitation. Those who think with me that repeal agitation must be re sorted to should join the " Precursor Society," so as to be able to hold out this proof of the atrocious mischief o the Union —namely, that Ireland is treated with injustice and contempt by the United Parliament. Tell everybody that I want " two millions of Precursors." Give me t,vo millions of Precursors and my experiment will be complete. Less will not do. Suggest as strongly as you can from me the propriety of the adoption of the above constitution. Procure as speedily , as possible a meeting of the General Committee which I re commend ; and l e t thi s const it u ti on , if a pp rove d o f, b e a d o pt e d, printed, and circulated. The actual existence, of the " Precursor Society" will date front the adoption of this constitution. To this and no more do the Precursors pledge themselves. The materials for complete success exist, and I have no doubt but we shall work them out. Believe me to be your's faithfully, DANIEL O'CONNELL. T. M. Ray, Esq. none shall be confirmed except such as can answer the questions contained in the Catechi-m. Inderd, in the service of this day, the Church wisely orders, " that none hereafter shall be confirmed but such as can say the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments ; and can also answer such other questions as in the short Catechism are contained." Now I said that every cne of you—that the in dividual whose name is attached to the letter in question—de clared his solemn assent to this ; he has promised to use the Catechism, and the office of baptism, as well as the other offices in the Book of Common Prayer—he promised it at his ordination as Deacon and Priest, again when he was licensed to any Curacy, if ever he was licensed to such ; and espe cially on his being instituted to his rectory--yet he complains in the coarsest terms of his being exhorted so to do, nay, he even expressly refuses to do, what he has so repeatedly pro mised, in the most solemn manner, that he will do. But he has charged me, if he was the writer—l am dealing with it on that presumption only—he has charged me with setting up tradition above the Bible ; because he is desired to prepare candidates for confirmation in the Church Catechism. Now what is the fact ? The charge has been made against me, because I have done that only which the canons of the Church enjoin upon me. [His Lordship read the 61st canon— " MINISTERS TO PREPARE CHILDREN FOR CONFIRMATION. " Every Minister that bath cure and charge of souls, for the better accomplishing of the orders prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer concerning confirmation, shall take especial care that none shall be presented to the Bishop for him to lay his hands upon, but such as can render an account of their faith according to the Catechism in the said book contained; and when the Bishop shall assign any time for the performance of that part of his duty, every such Minister shall use his best endeavour to prepare and make able, and likewise to procure as many as he can, to be then brought, and by the Bishop to be confirmed."] That is, I have desired him to do what it was rather incum bent on me to require, and on him to perform. Now if he wrote this letter, it will be impossible to make the passage which I am about to read consistent with his promise and vows solemnly made as a Clergyman of our Church. He says, " I do not refuse to give all publicity to the coLfi:mation, but I refuse to do the other things which you require in this matter ;" that especially refers to preparing in the Church Catechism. I have shown that if 1 had required this, I should have required nothing but what I am called on to require, and what he has solemnly promised, even with an oath, if required, to per form. This matter is so grave, that if he had authenticated the letter it would have been my duty to have dealt with it in another way. But lam not sorry that he has taken the course which he has chosen, for I hope and believe he will now deeply regret his conduct—that this exposure will recal to his mind his solemn vows and promises, which be took before God's table when be first became a minister of the Church. If he has any feeling at all he must deeply feel the situation in which he has placed himself. But this is not all the punish ment he will experience ; he must feel that he has done more to bring into contempt the holy rite of confirmation, which has been enjoined by the Church from the earliest times—he must feel that he has done more to bring this sacred rite into contempt than any living man has done, because no other clergyman living would have dared to assail it as it is as sailed in this paper. He has, too, brought a further and a very heavy punishment upon himself; for he has called down the applause and eager support of those whose co-operation in such a cause is to a minister of the Church of Christ pollu- tion, and whose praise is ignominy. There is one parti cular too serious for me to omit. The writer says, You command me • to teach that men are to find salva. tion - ;vhollY7rPa;ify in themselves." When, or where, I dare the slanderer to say, have I ever done this ? Have I not plainly stated, that as to final salvation, all depends upon the merits of Jesus Christ ? Can any man of ordinary capa city read the Circular, and make such a charge against me, without the grossest misrepresentation ? Again, he says, " You require me to instruct men that the chief part of a re ligious ordinance is their own." Was it decent to pick out part of a sentence, for the purpose of distorting my meaning, as if I were comparing man's part with God's, when the whole context show; that I referred only to what man had to do in this ordinance ? In other words, I was only stating that the part the Bishop has to,perform in the office of confirmation was as nothing compared with that which the young persons them selves would have to perform. There is one other particular on which I will say a few words—l considered it my duty before the service commenced, to question some of the children of Feniton, and they answered that they had been taught their Catechism by the schoolmaster; they said they had been questioned in the Ten Command ments, and the duties arising out of them to God and their neighbour, by their Rector; but on my asking whether any persons were here who had been instructed by him in other parts of the Catechism, especially had been taught the nature of the sacraments, the Rector gave an evasive answer, and suggested that they had been taught their duty to God. In short, it appears that none of these children had been in structed in the other doctrines of the Catechism. Now Ido not say that you are bound to examine every one of the chil dren in the whole of the questions contained in the Catechism, but I do say you are bound, in the proper discharge of your duty, and in common honesty, not purposely to omit certain portions, but faithfully to instruct the young persons in the doctrinal parts ; you should especially teach them the nature of the sacraments, because no one can be properly brought to the Bishop to be confirmed without having first acquired a knowledge of this most important part of our religion. I would ask the Rector of Feniton how he has fulfilled his pro mise to discharge all the duties of preparation for confirma tion, when he has neglected to instruct his children in these important points ? His Lordship, addressing Mr. Head, said with deep emotion, in conclusion, I now seriously, most se riously, charge you, if you are the author of this letter, to reflect with shame on the conduct which you have pursued You have impugned the services of the Church in a way calculated to bring them into contempt—you have endeavoured to weaken all . discipline by attacking the lawful authority of your Bishop, and by propagating un founded charges against me—you have violated the engage ments into which you entered at your ordination—you have refused to do what you swore you would do, and you have not done that which, on the most solemn occasion, you promised you would do. Ido not wish to wound your feelings unne cessarily. lam willing to make every allowance for you which the case admits. lam willing to - hope that, by some unhappy infirmity, you were enabled to blind yourself to the meaning of your own language, and that you did that " has tily," as you express it, and under some unaccountable influ ence, which you have since bitterly repented of. I am glad that vou have made the small acknowledgment to me, cen taineed in the letters I have received from you, but I am not the party you have chiefly offended. He in whose Church, unworthy as I am, I bear this high office—He is insulted in the offence committed against that office ; and if you have indeed made the misrepresentations and heavy charges against me contained in the letter, the offence is as great as a Cler gyman can easily be conceived capable of committing against his Bishop. The non-arrival of the Dublin Steam Packet Com pany's vessel Shannon, Captain Pym, at her moorings off the St. Katherine's Dock, on Sunday, or yesterday morning, from Dublin, excited considerable apprehensions for her safety, and that of the passengers and crew. These fears were still more heightened owing to the recent heavy gales which she must have encountered at sea; and in consequence of information having been received at the Company's Office, St. John-street, Minories, by yesterday morning's mail from Portsm o uth, th at the steam ship Thames, Captain Williams, belonging to the same Company, which sailed from the River, for Dublin, on Saturday morning last, with a great number of passengers, had put into that port (Portsmouth) early on Sunday morning, with extensive damage, having been in contact with a steam vessel off Brighton, about twelve o'clock on Saturday night. When the collision took place both vessels were proceeding at full speed, although the night was dark and stormy. As might be expected the consternation among the passengers, most of whom were in their berths, was frightful in the extreme. The steam-ship with which the Thames was in collision was be lieved to be the Shannon, from Dublin to London, although this could not be correctly ascertained, the steamer having proceeded on her voyage, and was not again seen. These particulars were received in the City by the Portsmouth yesterday morning, and soon spread through the metropolis, to the distress of those who expected relatives or friends to be on board, the Shannon not having at that time arrived. Yes terday, soon after noon, these evil forebodings were happily dispelled, the Shannon having arrived at her moorings off the Alderman-stairs, Lower Bast Smithfield. She turns out to be the steamer whjch was in contact with the Thames, and has also sustain e d considerable d a mage, her larboard bow being stove in, besid es h av i ng her stanchions, bulwarks, &c., car ried away. Commander Pym states that he was not aware of the name ofthe st eamer h e was i n co lli s i on w ith until after his arrival in the River, and that the Thames first struck his vessel. The steam-ship Liverpool, made an experimental trip on Saturday from Liverpool to Dublin. The weather w as very boisterous, but the ship made her way at the rate of about 10 miles an hour, and reached Dublin in 12 hours and 21 minutes. In returning the wind was not quite so strong, and blew from the west, and the distance from Kingston har bour to Liverpool was accomplished in 10 hours and 42 minutes. The Liverpool Albion says—" The result fairly justifies the conclusion that, when all on board is completed, the stiffness of the engines worn off, and the improvements made which this first voyage has suggested, she will be one of the most ocean-worthy and swiftest vessels hitherto built, and become a credit to the owners and to the port." All the provincial journals received within the last two or three days speak of the disastrous effects of storms both on land and sea—especially in the gale of Thursday last. Here, in London, the weather continues extremely boisterous, though warmer than it has been. To-day the wind has blown strongly from the W. S. W. ARTISTS' SOCIETY. —O n Monday evening last there was a general meeting of the Artists' Society in St. Martin's-lane, for studying the living models as the great de sideratum for the education of historical painters. Frederick Newenham, Esq., was called to the chair. The business of the evening was to elect officers for the year ensuing. There was a very full attendance of the members upon this occasion. The gentlemen put in nomination as curators were, Messrs. \v. B. Sarsfield Taylor, Charles Sibley, and Henry S. Smith, all of whom bad served the office of curators for some ).ears, when Messrs. Taylor and Sibley were u nan i mously re- ro° ye ea a st r • Bullock. i<lessrs. Nrt i:. Dean, M elected, as were t th o e auditors having N e ss M essrs. resigned, L a 9 Messrs.Kr e de re ß r i; t t a e n r d . w The tv N. White were elected in th e i r stead for one of ! Bolton, are anut4cturing an in r gate, a s 4 27 feet high, for the grand seraglio of the Pash a o f Egypt. —She f field Iris. DUBLIN. (FROU ova OWN CORRISPONDINr.) The Precursor Society is adding daily to its numbers. Since my last communication, meetings have been held in Roscommon, Stradbally, Queen's county, Carrick-on- Suir, and Cahir, to enrol members ; and similar meetings are an nounced to take place in Athlone, Sligo, and several other quarters. The Catholic Bishop of Derry, and Mr. Redding - ton, IV.. P. for the borough of Dundalk, have written to the Secretary, requesting to be admitted members of the Society, and promising their warm co-operation. POOR LAW PROCEEDINOS.-Dr. Phelan has left for London, to be sworn in an Assistant Poor-law Commissioner. A simi lar appointment was offered to Mr. Staunton, proprietor of the Morning Register, and declined by that gentleman. Lady Dover, sister to Lord Morison, is engaged in for warding education by endowing schools upon different parts of her estates in this country. She has already effected much good, and much more may be anticipated from her generous labours. EXTRAORDINARY RUAIOUR.—In an Athlone Paper it is stated that a Nobleman and three gentlemen of Tory politics have been obliged to fly the county from their connection being discovered with a party who lately attempted to land arms and ammunition, near Connaught, from Hanover, where the gen tlemen had previously been on a visit I The story certainly wants confirmation. TO THE LICENSED VICTUALLER OF ENGLAND. The Committee of Management of the Era Newspaper, feel it to be their duty again to congratulate the trade upon the unprecedented success of their new Weekly Journal, and to express, at the same time, their fervent hope that those active and generous efforts, to which this success is attributable, may be continued, until the funds derivable from this, the Licensed Victuallers' own Paper, shall be found adequate to extend the blessings of education and protection to every object of philanthropy , young and old, connected with the body at large. G. S. KEYMER, Hon. Sec. P. BRENNAN, Acting Sec. Office, 20, Catherine-street; Strand. N.B.—The Saturday's edition of the Era is publisiled at twelve o'clock at noon, in time for the Railway Trains for Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool. aTdoori dozen voteo of wine, i n and Mary'sthi . are Ward is, we assured, has been actually offered by some 'of been have we canvassers to clench a promise from a doubtful man. thelTicl ENT TO HER MAJESTY.--A pair of bead osr w orth ys' half a (Edinburgh), with a view of being presented to her this city Immediately on the front of the shoe, bee embroidered shoes have been worked by a private lady in cre the M a jesty : (Is a neat cluster of the leaves of the royal oak, sur by the English rose ; and encircling the foot is a The Trresterntordi,n,,ze, m i n o st u e n p t , , rroicch:vrea tb composed of the rose, th e thi st l e, and the sham k:lll n eatly worked in appropriately coloured beads. Al together they are exceedingly elegant, and do great credit to the taste and ingenuity of the lady by wh om t h e em b roidery wo rk has been executed. Sir John Campbell h as un d ertaken to present them to her Majesty. Scotsman. The May or of Bristol has delivered the following opinion to a deputation of wine -merchants of that pity :—:- ~ Th a t members of the trad e w h o have been allowed the r pri vilege of selling wine and spirits in less quantities than tlyo gallans are subject to all the regulations of a soldier's billet." STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH J," From the Ureatiele.) The question of sttani navigation to India is being PgaL, mooted hi the city, in consequcncc of a proposal for the esta blishment of a private Comp:tny, as explained in the report of a meeting held last week at the Jerusalem Coffee-house. Though there is a strong desire amongst the ir, , reliants and others connected with the East Indies to have this important purpoee accemplished in a satisfactory mariner, it is yet not to be concealed that the difficulties in the way of a private Company are much more numerous than would appear from the statements of the concoct, rs of the present plan. The parties, in fact, are the same who have been connected wits this question for the last five years, and who formerly failed in their endeavours, from discovering that the proposed lines on both sides a f the Isthmus of Suez could not be established and maintained under a loss of at lea.et 100,0001. a year. To make up this deficiency the most preposterous propositions were made to the Lords of the Admiralty by the Chairman of the Company ; amongst others being one for a monopoly of the whole of the correspondence with the East Indies, and an Act to be passed for prohibiting, under severe penalties, the carrying of any letter or newspaper by pri vate vessels by way of the Cape of Good Hope. When it is considered that at present the Indian Presidencies are exempted by a special Act of Parliament, from the ordinary charges of postage, and letters arid newspapers are regularly carried out and home at a charge of twopence each, and that the concoctors of the above scheme proposed to abolish this privilege, and to force all the correspondence of India through their own vessels, without limitation of charge, and without of fering the smallest security to the Government that they could or would accomplish the saving in time to keep up their ups rations uninterruptedly, it is not to be wondered at that Colonel Maberly so signally overthrew, and, in a single sheet of paper, blew all their absurdities away. In what manner the same parties now propose that another Company shall lie a remunerating one, without the monopoly of letters formerly proposed, and without the large allowances from the Ad miralty and the East India Company which were demanded at the same time, seems to be out of tne power of those who have been attending to the progress of the question at all to divine. That the present steam communication has proved almost entirely a failuras is not a subject of surprise to those who recollect that the East India Company never entered into the undertaking with any real good will, but were driven into it by the agitation of the question both in India and at home, and with the perfect knowledge that a loss of full 100,000/. per annum would be the inevitable result of the scheme. That the Directors should prove to be indifferent to the success of the undertaking is not altogether a subject of so much sur prise, when, in addition to their well-known aversion to the throwing of too much daylight on the general state of Indian affairs, they have it to advance that the loss to the Company is to so great an extent, and the advantages are so uncertain and comparatively trivial, that it is not nezessary to refrain from sending off the steam ships to carry troops to the Per sian Gulf. The whole state of the question of steam naviga tion to the East Indies is, in short, in a state of abey ance, because it has been most completely proved that no such communication can be kept up without losses of the most enormous kind ; and it is more than probable that it cannot be accomplished until the improvements in steam navigation, and particularly in the economy of fuel, shall have become such as to render steam navigation equally as cheap, with all the advantages in time, as vessels of the ordinary kind. These improvements are certainly very rapid in succession, and steam navigation is becoming daily cheapened by the inventions of ingenious men, especially as regards the boiler; but there is not yet anything approaching to a sufficient economy of fuel to render profitable the esta blishment of a private Company through so many ramifica tions and for distances extending to so many thousand of miles. The observation of the Times, that the success of steam navi gation between Bristol and New York is a proof of the practi cability of a similar lucrative line to the East Indies, is very obviously incorrect ; for there is no similarity between a voyage of only 3,000 miles, without interruption from an isthmus, with coals at a moderate expense, and with three times the number of passengers and amount of traffic to support it, and a voyage to the East Indies, attended with the inconveniences and ex ' penses of crossing the Isthmus of Suez, using coals for two thirds of the voyage at a cost of 41. per ton, and having only a limited number of passengers for the support of the line. Amongst many well-informed persons in the city the opinion appears, indeed, to prevail, that it is useless in the present state of steam navigation to force prematurely the establish ment of a steam communication with the Indian Presidencies, and that it will not probably be very long before the improve ment in steam machinery will render it the interest of private ship-owners themselves to establish not one, but perhaps numerous lines to the East Indies, and to all other places where, from the investment of capital in the speculation, there is a reasonable prospect that a profit can be made. (From the Times.) Accounts from Singapore to the 26th of June report some improvement in commercial affairs. The rate of exchange had risen to 4s. 6d. Under the head of Batavia, to the beginning of May, the advices were less favourable, particularly with re ference to British cotton goods, of which the supplies, were heavy, whilst the demand continued dull. Papers from Bombay have come to hand to the 13th of June. They contain extracts of letters from Bushire to the latter end of March, from which it appears that some commo- Eons were apprehended in those parts of Persia against the authority of the Schah. It was reported that the Russians would induce him' to abandon his enterprise against Herat, and direct his army against Calm', as a more vulnerable country, and where success might facilitate his views against British India. In order to excite him, the example of his great predecessor Nadir Schah was pointed out, who by that route had invaded the Mogul empire, and made him self master of its captal. Reports were still current in Bombay, that a collision with the Burmese was inevitable, but that hostilities must in any case be: deferred until after the monsoon season, in September and October. An or der had been issued by the Governor-Geaeral for the Semiramis steamer to be dispatched on the first favourable day after the 18th of July with the mail for Suez. A correspondence is published in these papers between Colonel Campbell, the Consul-General in Egypt, and Boghos Bey, Prime Minister of the Pasha of Egypt, transmitted by the first named functionary to the Bombay Steam Navigation Com pany. The Colonel had made an application to the Pasha tor leave to erect suitable buildings in the dese.e between Suez and Cairo for the accorninedation of passengers, and also for permission to construct additional boats for the navi gation of the Nile. In answer Boghos Boy had signified the consent of the Pasha to the erection of an inn .half-way be tween Suez and Cairo, and for the building of thirty addi tional.boats for the Nile, with the special and exclusive privi lege of possession arid advantages for ten years, apart from all in:erference with the rights and trade of the natives, and a continuation of the term, should such be requested by the British Consul on its expiration, on the condition that the whole should be under the charge of the British Post-office agency in Ertypt. Col. Campbell had strongly recommended the Bombay Steam Company to take these undertakings in hand, advising them moreover that the East India Directors here had intimated their resolution to supply him with an iron steam-boat and flat for the Nile service and the convey ance of despatches, and of an iron track-boat for carrying coal along the canal when the Rosetta branch of the river should not be practicab'e. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES, Sir,—l feel a deep interest in the important question of overland communication with India; and as you propose to " keep the subject before the public," I shall be happy to render my humble aid, if it can be found useful to you, in a question of such vast magnitude and importance. In your report of my address to the meeting at the Jerusalem, you state, that since July last the communications had been conducted with the greatest regularity. My words were, " July in last year," which is the fact; the mails for India are despatched every fourth Saturday by the Mediterranean packets, and the mails from India become due in London on every fourth Tuesday. I am not aware of a single instance of their not getting to Egypt in duo course, ex cept in the case of the February mail (I think), which was sent by the Londonderry steimer to Gibraltar, but in consequence of the very bad quality of that vessel, and of exceedingly rough weather, she brought the mail back to Falmouth, after being ten days at sea. Ido not think any other case of irregularity has occurred, and that upon inquiry it will be found that all the mails have been regularly sent on to India. The last overland mail which came from Bombay left that port on the 21it of May, the portion of it transmitted via Marseilles was delivered in London on the 9th of July, and that via Gibraltar on Tuesday, the 17th of July. A few letters which were brought from Bombay by the expedition to Persia have since been delivered; and it has been asserted, I think without any semblance of truth, that two mails fell into the hands of and were plundered by the Arabs. My opinion is, as expressed at the meeting, that all the vessels at the disposal of the Government were sent with troops to the Gulf, and con. sequently there was no ship to convey the June, July, and August mails in due course to the Red Sea. lam under an impression that there is a want not only of energy, but of cordial co-operation of the authorities in India, with regard to the transmission of the mails thence to England, and therefore that the whole blame rests there, and nowhere else. lam willing- to concur in opinion with those who condemn the system of sending the Indian mails to Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, and Cadiz, on their route, but I cannot see the utility of what is called the comprehensive plan, that is of separate steamers to convey the mails from the Red Sea direct to Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay. The expense of the present plan of conveying the entire - Indian mail and passen gers to Bombay is far greater than the income derived from those sources. It would be absurd to divide the business upon ' the proposed plan, merely to endeavour to hinder the Bombay people from getting the start of European intelligence. The people of London, Edinburgh, and Liverpool might as well insist that the mails shall be conveyed from and to each of those places direct instead of all being landed at Falmouth. Persons interested in this matter will do wisely to read atten tively the highly important evidence given before the House of Commons before they become parties to the scheme for firming aComiany which I conceive can never yield a particle of profit to the shareholders. I am, Sir, your obedielit sorvant, Oct. 16. (From the Morning Herald.) Loud complaints were made throughout Indi a of t h e sy stem which is purs ue d at the Bombay Post-office establishment in the transmission o f t h e pac k ets w hich arrived overland, but it was anticipated the new Postmaster wou:d r, medy these evils. It appears, however, that the port of Aden, so essential to tl e perfect formation of an overland mail communication with India, which was said to have been given up to the British, has not been taken possession of as a dependency, and great com plaints were of course made of the apathy of our vigilant Go- vernnr•nt in not nromntir it-plrnf co " 4"" Sin,ll rl4• , lic Ate tin= nee; ot -.Lon overland be tween this country and India, whilst they reflect no credit upon the apahy of the Government or the East India Company. The Bombay cotton market continued inactive, but the opium market was fully supported, and the prices on board ranged at from 750 a 775 rupees per chest. Ships were scarce, and the rate of freights 6/. 10s. a 6/. 15s. per ton. The exchange on Bank post bAls was ls. 114 d. per rupee. The 13engal Ilurharu contains serious complaints of the management of the Dawk, or internal p)st, adding that nothing but a direct steno commun ca.t.ion with Calcutta can remedy the evils of the Bombay Post-office. Accounts from Moul mein of the 29th cf April merely mention that it was not known whether the Tharrawaddee would persevere in refusing to treat personally with any representative of the British Governmen t, but Major Benson, of the lion. Company's 11th Native In fantry, was to proceed immediately to Rangoon, in the room of Colonel Burney. CORN-LAW FALLACIES, WITH THE ANSWERS. (Continued from The Sun of Monday.) 129.—There are two classes, the Clergy and the agricul turists, which are cortinually subjected to insult and injury. The wrongs each endures rive from the same cause—the in ability to defend itself. Whenever a man can be plundered with impunity, there will never be wanting somebody or o ther to pounce upon the unresisting prey ; and as long as public affairs are directed by a Whig Ministry, the game of r obbing the helpless will cont;nue to o mrrily on, while oppression can find out new victims.—C g onser merrily on, while o pprc°° can find out new victimu—Gonservalive Journal and Church of England Gazette, 29th Sept. 1838. From Cambridge Chronicle. ANswEa.—Certain monks ate eight times a-day, to de monstrate the weakness of human nature. So the agricul turists have demonstrated their weakness, by turning every" body else out of the House of Commons, and prohibiting foreign commerce, to raise their rents. Of the Church too, the Dissenters could perhaps produce some equally lA' equivocal signs. 130.—" Cheap Bread"--.." No Corn Laws"—" N o TO upon Bread"—" Repeal of the Corn Laws"._‘ , Take off the Tax from the Staff of Life"—all these are very plausible and catching sounds with the ignorant and gabbling mobs of Bir mingham and Manchester.—ld. 22d Sept. 1838. A.—How long will men gabble, without persuadiag, them of the contrary ? ~ Allow us to take three hours work out of you for a peck of corn, instead of two," is th e proposal which the agriculturists are trying by dint O f eloquence to force down the throats of tiro working pope" latiun. 131.—But, nevertheless, ignorant and besotted as are the great masses of the large towns, they cannot be made to be lieve that the men who could pass the New Poor-law Bill care one fly for the real interests of the poor, and whether theY be well and cheaply fed or not.—ld. A.—The New Poor-law was a new trick of the 1 0 , 4 " owners, to avoid keeping the poor thei r Corn-laws mad They say " Throw the poor on their own resource s ' and so they do away with the old legal provision for the tc. poor, and leave them the Corn-laws. Will nobody he l p 0 throw the landlords on their own resources?" 132.—The manufacturing operatives must perceive that the price of corn cannot be lowered w ith out p ro d uc i n g ruin to the husbandman as well as to themselves.—ld. A.—Try it turn-and-turn about. Put a tax on home: grown corn, and say to the agricultu r i s t s , " The agricil: tural operatives must perceive, th a t th e p r i ce of corn ca nnat be raisedwithout producing ruin t o th e manufacturer as well as to themselves." 133.—Whether the difference in the expense of ra isi l r corn in this country b e a tt r ib u t a bl e t o t h e comparatively hlg t h h - e rate of taxation or rents, is of little moment ; for neither u, one nor the other can be reduced without injury to the m an , facturers themselves. Th e Whi gs say t h at t h e y cannot Peese sibly reduce the taxation of th e country , an d their fig u tije prove the truth of their statement; and, therefore, as _ l ,, same amount of taxes must be rai se d, th e agr iculturist can o!'4 be relieved by throwin g a greater p ort i on o f the taxes on tu manufacturers.—ld. A.—Allow the landowners to ga i n t w o pounds by ke e f d ) ; ing you from a hundred ; i n o r d er th a t o f the two pe . tt t they may pay one in taxes. Do not re co ver the hundre d ' you should have to pay the one for taxes instead of t'a.o landowners. Such is the advice which the Church ' her Gazette, volunteers to give the trading community. the s a l . 134.—Carry this also to the subject of rents ; and result will be seen to be inevitable. If the rents be redu n s,, r as they would be very materially if the Con-law was rep eal . o . agricultural property would be proportionably reduced in l'a l o F and there as the taxes are imposed according_ to the valu,e__ns the property, a far less amount of taxes would be raised Ir t u be the agriculturists than at present; and then, again, a' 0 ., same amount of taxes must continue to be raised, the ar e , tural deficiency must inevitably be made up by the manillac turers in some way or other.—ld. A.—As before,_ be robbed that the ro bb ers maY Pal. taxes for you. Be poor, and then nob o d y can get taxes out of you ; and you will be astonished to find how m uch you will be benefited by that. 135.—1 t is quite clear that the interests and welfare of the agricultural and commercial portions of the community are so in separably bound up together, that the ruin of the one would al most must unavoidably immediately be ee the n t m h e t ruin v e o r f y their each forming part of the same community.--Id. A.—Try it the other way. Give us a ci the other. This grown corn for one-and-twenty years, and tell the agri ca r., t r a c x u circumstance a n il coerroef..., turists it must unavoidably do them good, from the YeY . circumstance of our all forming part of the same rAnir n i e nity. Why is not an agriculturist to be expected, to 0 3 s ' an ass of himself, as well as a manufacturer ? 136.—And we sec no possible way of the, manufacturaef really benefiting himself, but by his going over with his man the facturing knowledge, and machinery, and so forth, intol countries where corn and taxes are so much lower.- I ,'' „ s i- A.—Lay a tax on home-grown corn, and tell tne " L al no , i sn otni"o• culturist to go abroad if he does not like it. There like trying men's medicines upon, themselves. 137.—There is, to be sur e , th e a l terna tive of P utti f i lse: complete end to the ruinous system and quackery % iner t trade, and of strictly preventing the exportation of mac uf , e , and thifinishei goods of eve r y d escr ip t ion. The 1132 " be bi turer would thus be f ar more b ene fi te d t h an he ever ca n the nostrum of Corn-law repeal.—ld. L the A.—Glad enough th e l an d owners wou ld be, to se from manufacturers on taking a penny, turn-and-turn abater . if all the passengers at Ch ar i ng - cross an d one an° t LberY• that would make them lie s till un d er the landed rou But the time is gone by. v ile 138.—The whole business is indeed a pure pieee, t h e Of g d g cerlya',u saendinmtel,eelyßaerfloerwmeßdiitlilon:f.th.eirlatred or t he p W ou b n i °lf, howev a i r ' w , or Whigs continue their agitation u on either the Core - 'OOl - fifty pound clause, we would seriously advise the h _ th *g el of turists throughout the country to meet them wit" ° e .• ego " Justice 'to the farmers," and insist upon haling te 0f the rights," and " equal privileges," with the inhabitan towns.—ld. tit mush A.—Bring it to Universal Suffrage ; for to tha ri ulturist* come at la-t. B u t i n t h e mean t i me the eg• -c live 513 or the dishonest part of them, know too well theY glass houses, to be the first to throw stones• e ettP i " 139.—1 t is in the natur hi h prices to encurt:grs, dity, and e.he n this cccurs e in of the g article of b re ad, o th "I lera le, eessary of life it greatly aggravates the evil.--M o " iii9 Oct. 6, What 3. j a r ill; A.— is this po r t e ntous of? Have the ... "k P or o f high price s e ncourage d t h e i r cup idi t y, till they th gravating the tax on bread ? the U P; 140.—1 n the town of Maidstone alone, it seear__ a d . s hor .. wards of forty bakers have been accused of se lling n n i r : rre d that of weight, and it may, ice fear, be too safely ' w f x i teat °- the Maidstone, though singular, we hope, in the c •i Non' l a offence, is far from standing alone in its commissionaibt, su the time when leet juries and other inspectors of !cel o , that measures should he espe_ially on the alert ; coMm-help this is a subject which concerns all classes of the ewer to consider % p ity, but especially that class who have the least 1), now use d ' it themselves, Fancy bread, of which a vast deal IS we i f is not liable to be weighed at all. It would be . a_ a corre the y wore. At any rate, buyers would do well te ""_„, e ,---7 0 selves what the weight is which they get for t heir t ie en e t 7 o 4' t _p he A.—The. great rogues trying to turn off at jurY °- t o , the little ones. Now is the time for the gre at ~ i n gai ts ue . a p te 11 .7 64 4 lu vtbec te.ra: public to be on the alert, to watch the real rog who coolly take away half the loaf. "1 11 a".Y. 7 LI is tubl would do well to inform themselves what Me ttialg" they get for their money." (TO BE CONTINUED.) S .."------------- n the ST. LEONARD'S, OCT. 15.—Both tow-s.f ics f o r k - o. and St. Leonard's, continue to fill with large fl l Av winter season. Most of the principal houses are . v i e r s ea o " o l S ta a ten fo r ; Arrivals—The Bishop of Elphjn and suite arrioue Pilot,. day at No. 42, Wellington-square, which they Lady wri Mr. six months. Other arrivals—Sir Eardley and e ; Cotrag -- l; in Pelham-crescent ; Hon. Lady Pell, at Castle . Sax Hot _..., and Mrs. Ibbotson and family, at the Soutlgr 1, Bas ti n e tt e ci Mr. Patterson, at the Swan Hotel; Mr. P. Georg' t in Lodge ; Lady Montgomery Cunningham, o" s . a L n a (i d y Mrs.A nsonß, Beaufort, f h o e r t A , lb ion Captain Hotel; and La d Mrs.y C Pressole_.b ron....otti eland, r id S , a l i ve ;1 5 5 ( ; !, Lady Silvester, Mrs. Singleton, Mr. Gage t•-;Y . p. for i. ,th Bankes, Dr. Fellovves, &c. Mr. borough, is among the repartures. On Tuesday 7 , E ssi . l. ': ir anniversary of the wedding day of Wastel . 13 r ' s r o 1 11 _e tb his amiable lady was celebrated at C"geu ere rega led wi A tenantry and labourers, amounting to 400, w _., an d ale. Holland,da good old English fare, roast beef, plum pudding..a dance concluded the entertainments of the d Y trial al the George Calvert Taylor has been committedofem bezzling yi, ROBBERY OF THE HULL STAl‘ l f P o ; °r : -1 th e ensuing Hull Sessions, on the charge . sums of money belonging to the Stamp .. d 104 4 • ut 1 532/. 7s. co la, ell deficiency is stated to be about , ,-,f h i susceptible - Adolph The Bayaderes are very _ . 0 ~ e L" s w arn , ' never leave the house which is attachedntst are keP f their Theatre, except to perform. Their apartme. eservation 0 and of a certain temperature, for the pi . in compenY health; they are lively and cheerful office at Hull. I 11 41